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Re: [Digital BW] small, non-standard paper sizes and the "paper size check" setting on the 4800

2005-11-30 by Sam McCandless

What, roughly, is the smallest sheet on which the 4800 is known to be 
able to print in this way?

Thanks.
--
Sam


At 9:54 PM +0000 11/29/05, rgoldman2 wrote:
>
>A few days ago I responded to a question (message 70525) regarding 
>how to make small
>test prints on the Epson 4800. I mentioned a "paper size check" 
>feature that had to be
>reset to "off"from it's default "on" setting. Here's how to do it:
>
>Press the Menu button twice. That takes you to "platen gap". Now 
>press the down arrow
>five times. That takes you to "paper size check". Press menu and 
>toggle the setting to "off".
>Now the printer will allow you to feed a smaller piece of paper than 
>the standard paper
>size that you have entered in the printer set-up. Put the paper in 
>the far right hand of the
>printer tray. Uncheck "centered", and enter the coordinates that 
>will put the print in the
>upper left corner of the paper it thinks it is printing on. Orient 
>the image so that it will
>print fully on the paper you are feeding. And print.

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